Control Systems Support Engineer

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A Control Systems Company, whose Engineers support a wide range of manufacturers, factories, and maintenance teams, solving PLC control systems problems on site. Industrial automation is increasing across the UK, so these PLC Engineers are in demand- and we need to add to the team.
We have a vacancy for an extra Automation Support Engineer covering the Midlands-- Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Northampton, Kettering -- many customer sites around here, so all would be a good place to live and go to site from home.
The PLC Systems Engineers go to site to help the maintenance engineers by fault finding using the PLC, using your ability to fault find using the software, using the PLC as a diagnostic tool to find the loose wire, the fogged over sensor, the reason why the machine stopped- and rectify it.
You're probably a Maintenance Engineer – you’ve worked with one of the main PLC’s (such as Siemens TIA Portal, S7, WinCC, or Allen Bradley, Omron, Mitsubishi for example). You don’t need to be a PLC programmer, fault finding, hands -on skills, PLC diagnostics, an interest in fixing production machinery, going deeper into control systems as you go along.
Rewards: A basic salary from £44000 - £46000, plus paid overtime above that, company vehicle, plus a comprehensive benefits package.
Regrettably there is no sponsorship for a UK work permit with this vacancy.
Interested? Please send a copy of your CV to Mark Burnard of Hartland Recruitment ASAP for more details.
Hartland Recruitment- a technical recruitment agency specialising in finding Engineers for the UK Automation, Process Control Systems and Machinery Manufacturers since 1990. Looking for your next job in Electrical, Mechanical Design, Service Commissioning Engineering, or PLC HMI SCADA control? Send us your CV

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